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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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Related to parole board rules regarding inmates claiming actual |
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innocence. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 508.0441, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) The parole board may not adopt any rule, policy or |
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practice that penalizes or denies privileges to a prisoner for |
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failing to take responsibility for the crime for which they were |
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incarcerated or other offenses for which the prisoner has not been |
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finally convicted if that prisoner maintained innocence at trial |
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and throughout the post-conviction appellate process, including |
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any post-conviction habeas writs. |
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(e) The presiding officer may provide a written plan for the |
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administrative review of actions taken by a parole panel by a review |
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panel. |
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(f) Board members and parole commissioners shall, at the |
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direction of the presiding officer, file activity reports on duties |
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performed under this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |